Our 2025 chairman, Tim Crenwelge, is an impressive dealer with years of experience in the auto industry and has devoted his career to helping the industry and his community in various ways. Tim is an incredible asset to our association, and we are excited to have him serve as chairman this year.
Of the many accomplishments, the Texas Leadership Network, formerly known as the Texas Dealer Academy, is something that Tim is especially proud of. “We initiated the program and put it together,” Tim explained. “I was active in TADA, having served as area director, director, vice chair and was terming off the board. Then TADA President Bill Wolters approached me and said, ‘We don’t know who our next generation of dealers are. The dealers know you, and they trust you. Would you think about starting a dealer academy?’” Tim took the challenge on, and history was made with the support of Kathy Sims, TADA Vice President of Dealer Services, and the TADA leadership.
“Over the years, I have watched these individuals learn to embrace their respective responsibilities within their dealerships, and many are now general managers and dealers,” he continued. Today, the fruits of his labor prove to be significant as two members of the network are on the TADA Executive Committee, and nine members are on the TADA Board of Directors while still participating in the program.
As a third-generation auto dealer, Tim appreciates the importance of training eventual successors and providing them with the tools and knowledge necessary for success.
Around nine years ago, along with Kathy Sims, the decision was made to make TADA Leadership Network summer events family-friendly. Dealers were encouraged to bring their children with them to help the next generation become familiar with the industry and have a little fun at the same time. Tim has great memories of cruising on a pontoon boat at Lake Lyndon B. Johnson with his three children, Katherine, Jacquelyn and Aaron. Or when he flew his children to Washington, D.C., to meet with NADA and elected officials on Capitol Hill. “It has been a labor of love for me to be at the table to make decisions that have an influence on the future of my family and the families of my fellow dealers,” said Tim.
To read more click the link below.
https://dealers-choice.thenewslinkgroup.org/getting-to-know-2025-tada-chairman-tim-crenwelge/
Connect with us
